What symptom is pneumonia serious?

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Pneumonia is a very common lung disease, it is because of bacterial or viral infection caused by lung inflammation, in fact, the cause of pneumonia is not only bacteria and viruses. Radiation, chemicals, parasites, allergies can all cause pneumonia. Pneumonia is a common disease that can bring serious harm and influence to patients. If patients do not realize that it may be pneumonia after onset, they are likely to delay treatment and eventually regret. So, what are the symptoms of severe pneumonia? Let's talk about it.

What symptom is pneumonia serious?

Shivering, high fever, many people with pneumonia are suddenly shivering symptoms, followed by fever, fever caused by pneumonia is generally high fever, the patient's temperature can exceed 39 degrees Celsius, and the patient's food intake will be reduced, however, some older, frail people with pneumonia may just have a low fever, or even no fever.

At the beginning of cough and expectoration pneumonia, patients usually have irritating dry cough without phlegm, but soon they will begin to have white mucus sputum when they cough. Some patients' sputum will have blood silk. In another two days, the patient's sputum will turn into bloody mucus sputum, and some patients' sputum will be rusty.

Chest pain pneumonia patients often appear side chest pain symptoms, and this kind of pain is more serious, just like holding a needle in the chest pain, chest pain symptoms will be more serious when coughing, and shoulder and even abdomen may be involved, produce pain.

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Another point to note, because pneumonia is a respiratory disease, especially bacterial pneumonia caused by bacterial infection can be transmitted through the respiratory system, so in daily life, especially people with poor resistance should pay more attention.